uname reported a later kernel to that in the Buffalo source repository and the version number on the C library was also incremented by one. I produced a cross compiler that worked for "hello world" but the assumptions built in to gcc were not right (misconfiguration by me) and, more importantly, I did not have the kernel and C library that matched what was running on my linkstation. I started by building a cross compiler on a 64 bit machine, partly because I did not find a 64 bit cross compiler but mainly because I wanted to understand cross compilation. The open source code is freely available from the site here:Īnd it has huge amounts of free space on the system partitions. The Linkstation Linux system has been built using the cross compilers freely available from here: This appears to be a consequence of the decision to prevent the user from gaining full access while still providing an easy method of upgrading the firmware. It is worryingly easy to gain root access to the device across the network. * download and build required packages with the cross compilers Since everything involved is open source this should simply involve: It would also mean there was effectively zero risk of "bricking" the device. My intention was to install squeezecentre without touching the current setup so that the web interface, future upgrades and Buffalo support would not be lost. However, what is a loss is the ability to install the current firmware which, using Buffalo methods, requires their installer to run on a 32 bit Windows PC. I am not sure what the point of the supplied software is since I found it easier to use the system file managers on Linux, OSX and Windows. It is in a support message on the Buffalo web site and was confirmed by Buffalo support themselves. This surprised me and is not stated on the box. The supplied software did not work on a 64 bit computer. Admitedly the squeezecenter design does not give much weight to small and quick so we will have to see. It seems reasonably responsive, has enough memory and the system partitions have plenty of space left to install and run a music server. > Performance Architecture", whatever exactly that means.ĭon't know but I have not seen anything to suggest a problem. > compariso.e/linkstation/), only the LinkStation Pro and Live have "High > the Buffalo LinkStation comparison chart ( > The Mini might not have enough horsepower to run the app well. It appears to use fairly widely used hardware which has recently entered the mainstream of Linux: > the LinkStation Pro and LinkStation Live. I believe that its hardware is significantly different than > I'm not sure anyone here has experience installing Squeezecenter on the new
This is a continuation of the "Advice concerning NAS boxen" thread but with a more informative title.
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